As the summer sun burned off the morning fog, a team of students led this day by 16-year-old Maria Contreras left the visitor center at San Pedro Valley County Park on a mission: find English ivy and other invasive...Read more

On a recent morning, Ebenezer and four other students were laboring over a rutted stretch of a dirt trail that winds along the Bronx River as part of their summer jobs with the Student Conservation Association, a nonprofit that is working with the Natural Areas Conservancy. Ebenezer drilled...Read more

Jimenez, the daughter of Mexican immigrants who began working at Grand Teton in 2014, grew up in the bustling Little Italy neighborhood of the Bronx. A trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park through the NPS Academy, a joint workforce diversity initiative of the Park Service and Student...Read more

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The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is America’s conservation corps. Our members protect and restore national parks, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks and community green spaces in all 50 states.